Battle's End

 I'm not quite back to my leisurely life but a man can't work all the time. An apology in advance for the poor picture quality today.

At the crossroads, the Reb's have overrun the battery and taken the high ground that dominates the cross roads. One more push and they might be able to breakthrough the thin Yankee line and cut the line of advance of the main Federal army or even crumple it  before it can deploy.

A balloon's eye view as the battle resumed.  It was hard to coordinate an attack in such wooded ground and the Yankees weren't showing any signs of giving up

With a Rebel yell, the line came forward. The flanks were stalled by heavy Yankee fire but the centre blew a hole in the Federal line and pursued into that troublesome Federal battery.
(Please note the approach of the new Hat Confederate regiment in the foreground  while in the distance, barely visible behind a tree, the first charge of the Black Hats has retaken the battery on the hill.)

The Confederates soon recaptured the crossroads and prepared for one last push.

On the Federal right, some bitter fighting saw the Confederates push forward and then stall while in the center, a Yankee counter attack inflicted heavy casualties and drove the Rebs back to their starting line. 

Already the dusk was gathering and with it came the head of the main body of the Federal army. Both armies had suffered heavy losses and the Rebs had forced the Yanks back, but they hadn't broken them. It was time to fallback.

I think we'll see the ACW boys on the table more often this year but I've put my name forward to run a virtual game for a Virtual Huzzah con and I have to spend time getting prepared. A game with larger figures and fewer trees for sure. I have a month to prepare but only a few days to figure out what I'm going to run!

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Heads up: I'll be putting a call out for human guinea pigs in 2-3 weeks time so I can test my upgraded equipment and see what I need to learn about GMing a game for 4 remote players as opposed to a one on one game.